A Woodland woman was seriously injured when her vehicle left the road and overturned on Tuesday afternoon of last week.According to reports, Carol Stults, 65, was the driver of a 2008 Toyota SUV that overturned on County Road 63 near Rocky Branch. Volunteer firefighters from New Hope and Woodland used the Jaws of Life to…
Handley beat RCHS 37-28 in Friday’s preseason game at Wright Field. But the final numbers on the scoreboard were less important than what the game probably represented for the future of this historic rivalry. “This might be the last one,” said RCHS head coach Pat Prestridge. “I hope everyone enjoyed it because it could be…
We’d like to believe that only the Alabama Legislature could come up with something as bad as the misnamed “Alabama Accountability Act,” which takes funds from our already underfunded public schools to give to unaccountable private schools. North Carolina, however, has its own “Opportunity Scholarship Program,” which contains most of the worst features of Alabama’s…
Here I am recalling once again. This time it was something that happened a couple of years ago. Not around here. If it had happened around here you would know all about it already and probably even know the folks involved. But as you will see, who-done-it is not the point. I’ll get to the…
Wadley impressed in its preseason game against Central Coosa Friday as the Bulldogs took a 28-7 victory in the two-quarter scrimmage. The Bulldogs got offensive touchdowns from a trio of players that they hope will become the usual suspects in 2014. Kamaury Avery had a 40-yard touchdown run, and senior receivers Dakota Brown and Devin…
Matthew 25 contains a description of the last judgment. In verses 32-41 it explains in parables–and I quote from the King James version–as follows: “And the Lord shall answer and say unto them: Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done to the least of these my brethren, you have done it to…
It was a preseason game, so it’s not officially the first game of his career, but the head coaching debut of Randy Boyd is most likely one he’d like to forget. The Woodland Bobcats committed seven turnovers en route to a 35-2 loss to Cleburne County Friday. The heat and the limited number of players…
It’s finally here. The long, hot labor of summer is finally giving birth to football, and I’m so excited that, well, I’ll let Red from “Shawshank Redemption” take it from here. “I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a…
The Southern Union Lady Bison opened their season with a strong second-place showing at a tournament at Wallace-Selma on August 23. SU went 3-1 in the tournament with wins over Jefferson Davis, Concordia and Wallace-Selma before losing in the championship round to Faulkner State. Sophomore middle hitter Laura Dean led the team with 50 kills…
(LANETT) Henriette Richardson, 79, of Lanett died Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at her residence. The funeral will be Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 4 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the rev. Mike Hawkins officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery. Mrs. Richardson was born Jan. 2, 1935, in Randolph County…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Daniel Edward Carter, 76, of LaGrange, Ga., died Aug. 25, 2014 at his residence. The funeral will be Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 11 a.m. EDT at the Higgins LaGrange Chapel with pastor Mike Hornsby officiating. Interment will follow at Shadowlawn Cemetery. Mr. Carter was born Oct. 22, 1937, in Randolph County, Ala., to…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Clara Ellen “Bobbie” Bailey, 77, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Rock Mills Methodist Church with the Revs. Tim Whaley and Frank Korb officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Bailey died Monday, Aug. 25, at her home. A lifelong Randolph County resident,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mavis Hyatt Ray, 91, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Ricky Etchison and Frank Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Ray died Friday, Aug. 22, at Traylor Nursing Center in Roanoke. A Randolph County native, Mrs.…
(GADSDEN) Funeral services for Frances Elizabeth Sims Frost, 96, of Gadsden will be Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel in Roanoke with the Rev. Edgar Plunkett Jr. officiating and Kenneth Plunkett delivering the eulogy. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Frost died Friday, Aug. 22, at Embracing Hospice in Snellville,…
(WEAVER) A celebration of life service for Allen Dale Grant Sr., 58, of Weaver will be Saturday, Sept. 27, from 1-5 p.m. at Heroes Restaurant and Grill. Mr. Grant donated his body to the University of Alabama Science Department in hopes of finding a cure for pancreatic cancer. Mr. Grant died Aug. 21 at his…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Jeffery Owen, 51, of Woodland will be Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mr. Owen died Thursday, Aug. 21, at his home. A Randolph County native, Mr. Owen was…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Airabella Mae Nicole Holt, infant daughter of Matthew and Christina Holt, will be Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Wedowee, with Rev. Corky Addison officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. The infant was stillborn at University Hospital-Birmingham on Aug. 20. Survivors include her…
(ROANOKE) Mitchell Leon Ogletree, 50, of Seymour Drive, Roanoke, died Wednesday evening, Aug. 13, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika after an extended illness. The funeral will be Saturday, Aug. 23, at 2 p.m. at Christian Memorial Baptist Church, Roanoke. Burial will follow in Skyview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in the Welch community. Mr.…
High school football has finally arrived. All four county teams will hit the field in preseason action this week, starting with Wadley’s trip to Coosa Central on Thursday at 7 p.m. The highlight of the week will be the intra-county showdown between long-time rivals Handley and RCHS at Wright Field in Roanoke. That game is…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Mary Jo Wright Thompson, “Jo” to all who knew and loved her, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. She was 77. A homegoing celebration will be Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home in Bowdon, Ga., with Bro. Barry Dollar and Bro. Russell Calhoun presiding followed by a…